A single mother of four was forced to borrow money from her parents to pay basic bills and sometimes went without food after the company she worked for underpaid her through an illegal sham contract. The woman was one of…
A Gold Coast tour bus company has been penalised more than $165,000 for ripping off two drivers through a sham contracting arrangement. AVA Travel Pty Ltd was penalised $164,475 and its director Chin Kuen Yung $3,825 for underpaying the drivers…
Food delivery companies including Uber Eats and Deliveroo have been put on notice after a former Foodora delivery rider won his unfair dismissal case last week. The Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of Josh Klooger, after he launched an…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has dropped its legal action against Foodora after the food delivery company ceased operations in Australia. The move follows Foodora being placed into voluntary administration last month. Sham contracting The FWO had launched litigation over sham…
The Fair Work Ombudsman has once again entered into a cosy deal with a company that ripped off its workers, instead of taking them to court. This time it involves Melbourne cleaning company Veracity Property Services Pty Ltd, which provides…
A Gold Coast Pizza Hut outlet has been fined more than $216,000 after exploiting a delivery driver by putting him on a sham contract, and then creating false records to try and cover it up. Dong Zhao who owns and…
In what could turn out to be a landmark case, the Fair Work Ombudsman is taking food delivery company Foodora to court, alleging that it ripped off workers by putting them on sham contracts. The legal action, which was filed…
Two Foodora food delivery riders have launched unfair dismissal claims against their employer, after they were allegedly sacked for taking leave, and for speaking up about low wages. The action comes as riders from Uber Eats, Foodora, Deliveroo and other…
Truck driver underpayments are rife in the transport industry, according to industrial relations experts. Miles Heffernan from IR Claims says his firm is representing a number of truckies ripped off by their bosses. “The transport industry is one of those…
